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Robert Hicks

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"Hicks: I know you don't respect me.
Hondo: I never said that.
Hicks: never had to. But if you ever say that I don't care about this city of the officers who work for me again, you and I are gonna mix it up."

Robert "Bob" Hicks is a senior officer within the Los Angeles Police Department (L.A.P.D.)'s Special Operations Bureau. He is the Commander of the Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) division.

He is portrayed by Patrick St. Esprit.

Biography[]

As a senior officer within the Special Operations Bureau, Commander Hicks is the direct superior and mentor of Captain Jessica Cortez.

In 2017, Hicks fired Sergeant Buck Spivey after he accidentally shot an unarmed black teenager during a shootout, appointing Daniel "Hondo" Harrelson as his replacement over senior team member Sergeant David "Deac" Kay in a blatant attempt to ease the tensions between the community and the Los Angeles Police Department (L.A.P.D.).

Commander Hicks is a widower; his wife of 20 years, Barbara, passed away three years prior to "Seizure". The two of them were close friends with the Kay family; it was Barbara who taught Deacon's wife, Annie, how to be a SWAT wife. He and Barbara have two children, Molly, an attorney who lives in Pittsburgh, and John-Paul "J.P.", a gay-rights protester and drug user with whom he has been estranged with for most of his life that only got worse after Barbara's death.

As a senior officer with the LAPD, Hicks carries a Kimber Custom TLE II in .45 ACP as his duty weapon.

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  • The character debuts as recurring in the first season before being promoted to series regular in the second season.
  • As of 2x23, Hicks has five service stripes on his uniform, indicating 25 years of service.
  • Hicks is shown wearing a Captain badge on his uniform, despite his rank being Commander. However, in 2x23, he is seen wearing Commander stars on his collar, hence the badge is likely just a mismatched prop.
  • His LAPD job title/role is Police Commander, assigned as Commander of the Special Weapons and Tactics division.
  • In S6 E22, he has been LAPD for 40 Years of Service.
  • In S7 E7, he is still shown wearing a Captain badge with Commander stars on his collar. Furthermore, he retains the five service stripes from S2 E23, despite the fact that he should have had at-least 8 for his 40+ years of service mentioned in S6 E22.
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